TAQUILA MOCKINGBIRD: KEEPING PUNK HISTORY ALIVE IN L.A. Lucretia Tye Jasmine·March 3, 2020Taquila Mockingbird developed a following in LA with her various bands (punk and jazz) beginning in 1977, and...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfInterviewsLucretia Tye JasmineMusicians·3 Comments
KICKING ASH: FRANK SECICH OF BLUE ASH AND DEAD BOYS, REVISITS HIS POWER POP ROOTS Eric Davidson·March 9, 2020Signed to Mercury the same time as the New York Dolls, Ohio-based Blue Ash was part of a...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleEric DavidsonInterviewsMusicians·1 Comment
IN THE STREET WITH NICK TOSCHES (RIP), ROCK SCRIBE, NOVELIST AND MASTER OF ‘STUDYIN’ NOTHIN’ Bob Pomeroy·March 18, 2020Bob Pomeroy met Nick Tosches on a Manhattan sidewalk bench. Prior to that, Pomeroy had collected, read and...All Please Kill Me PostsBob PomeroyBooksCool PeopleR.I.P.·4 Comments
HIS LIPS ARE SEALED: THE DEATH OF SONNY FRANZESE, NEW YORK’S LAST OLD SCHOOL MOBSTER Mark Jacobson·March 24, 2020When Sonny Franzese died last month at age 103, he was the last living remnant of the New...All Please Kill Me PostsBest OfCrimeHistoryMark Jacobson·8 Comments
OUT TO SEA WITH THE OUTLAW COUNTRY CRUISE Larry Ratso Sloman·March 30, 2020In our collective younger and more innocent days of three months ago, the cruise industry was a going...All Please Kill Me PostsLarry “Ratso” Sloman·1 Comment
BILLY HOUGH: THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PATTI SMITH’S HORSES ALBUM Billy Hough·April 7, 2020Billy Hough tackles Patti Smith’s Horses in 3 minutes Legs McNeil gave Billy Hough three minutes to unpack...All Please Kill Me PostsBilly HoughHistoryPKM TVThings You Should KnowVIDEO·0 Comments
HAL WILLNER, AMERICAN VISIONARY John Kruth·April 16, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has killed thousands of people worldwide, each a tragedy to their friends and families. But...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.TV·0 Comments
TEN GREAT NEW YORK CITY NOVELS Michael Friedman·May 3, 2020A shout out to our favorite city— New York—- and our favorite book reviewer, the poet and novelist...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksEditors' Picks·0 Comments
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #4: BRIAN ENO Billy Hough·May 14, 2020When “Eno is God” started appearing in spray paint all over NYC in the 70’s, most people were mystified....All Please Kill Me PostsBilly HoughCool PeopleHistoryMusiciansThings You Should Know·2 Comments
ESCAPE FROM VIETNAM: AN ISLAND OF PEACE IN THE MIDDLE OF A COMBAT ZONE David Stewart·May 19, 2020At the height of the Vietnam War, a renegade monk created a haven for peace on an island...All Please Kill Me PostsDavid StewartHistory·0 Comments
JOHN DOE: X MARKS THE SPOT Robert Gourley·May 21, 2020One of the breakout bands from L.A.’s original punk scene, X has just released ALPHABETLAND, its first album with...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleInterviewsMusiciansRobert Gourley·1 Comment
PRIVATE SORROW: REMEMBERING PHIL MAY OF THE PRETTY THINGS Valerie Simadis·May 28, 2020Phil May was one of the originators of the British rock sound of the 1960s: equal parts R&B,...All Please Kill Me PostsCool PeopleMusiciansR.I.P.Valerie Simadis·1 Comment
FATHER’S DAY GIFT GUIDE Alan Bisbort·June 1, 2020All the mothers of the world are showered with bowers of flowers and other sweet-smelling powders on Mother’s...Alan BisbortAll Please Kill Me PostsGift Guide·1 Comment
LETTER TO A FIRST-TIME THOMAS PYNCHON READER Gary Lippman·June 9, 2020Thomas Pynchon, the great American novelist, may be best known for being invisible. (Although he did do a...All Please Kill Me PostsBooksCool PeopleGary Lippman·1 Comment